Over 900 Things To Know About Postcard Collecting

5 1/2 x 8 1/4, soft covers. By George Wolstenholme. Published by the West Yorkshire Postcard Centre, 13 Westroyd Park, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. Printed by E.S.I. Prtinting Company, Moorhead Garage, Kind Edward Street, Dewsbury, England. 30 pages, illustrated.

Introduction: The amazing growth of interest in postcard collecting has prompted me to compile this book as a general guide to collectors, especially the newer ones. It is an enlargement of the previous, "Comprehensive Dictionary of the Postcard" and contains almost twice...
Circa: 1977  

General Robert E. Lee & General J.E.B. Stuart Postcard Lot

Includes five classic postcards with beautiful black & white images of two of the Civil War's and Confederacy's most prominent general's, Robert E. Lee and James Ewell Brown, "J.E.B." Stuart. #1: Superb chest up portrait of General Lee in his Confederate General's uniform coat. The original image was taken by J.W. Davies, circa 1863. #2: Full standing view of General Lee wearing his Confederate general's frock coat, sash hanging from his belt, while holding his gauntlets in one hand, and his Maryland presentation sword in the other, with the...  

Confederate Monument, Lexington, Kentucky

Used, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 postcard, with illustration of monument with Confederate soldier holding musket. Confederate Lot, Lexington, Ky. C.D.S., Lexington, Ky., Feb. 8, 1909, with 1 cent Ben Franklin postage stamp. Light age toning and wear.  

G.A.R. Postcard, In Loving Memory

Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with full color embossed vignette of a banner with spread winged eagle, crossed cannons artillery insignia, American flag, and the slogan, In Loving Memory. Copyright 1909, L.R. Conwell, N.Y. No postage stamp. C.D.S., Poughkepsie, N.Y., May 30, 1913.  

Confederate Monument, Vicksburg National Park

Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with black and white illustration. Confederate Monument, City Cemetery, Monuments in Vicksburg National Park, Vicksburg, Miss. C.D.S., Cleveland, Miss., Jul. 2, 1906, with 1 cent Ben Franklin postage stamp.

Footnote: This type of postcard was used between 1901-1907, in what was called the "Undivided Back Era." You could only write the address on the back of the card. Any personal messages were restricted to the small white area on the front of the card.  

General William T. Sherman Statue, Washington, D.C.

Used, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2, postcard, with black and white illustration. C.D.S., Washington, D.C., Apr. 25, 1907, with 1 cent Ben Franklin postage stamp. Postmarked by the receiving post office on the front of the card, Ansonia, Conn., Apr. 25, 1907, with American flag cancellation.  

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument and Washington Hdqtrs., Williamsburg, Va.

Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with full color illustration. C.D.S., Williamsburg, Va., Apr. 9, 1935, with 1 cent Ben Franklin postage stamp.

 

Soldier's Monument, Haverhill, Massachusetts

Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with full color illustration. C.D.S., Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 2, 1910, with 1 cent Ben Franklin postage stamp.  

Confederate Monument, Baltimore, Maryland

Used, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 postcard, with full color illustration. C.D.S., Baltimore, Md., Sep. 4, 1911, with one cent Ben Franklin postage stamp.
 

General Stonewall Jackson Monument, Richmond, Virginia

Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with lusterchrome color illustration. Descriptive text on the reverse: Jackson Monument, Richmond, Virginia. This monument to Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, the sculpture for which is the work of F. William Sievers, shows him mounted on "Sorrel," facing north because he so resolutely opposed the Northern army. Jackson, whose brilliant strategy is studied today by soldiers the world over, was a stern, Cromwellian type of commander in strange contrast to the dashing Stuart. Lee called him his "right...  

New York Peace Monument, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Used, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 postcard, with full color illustration. Descriptive text on the reverse: Erected at a cost of over $100,000, located on the top of Lookout Mountain from which point a view of six states can be obtained. The "Battle of Lookout Mountain" or the "Battle Above the Clouds" was fought near this monument, Nov. 24th, 1863. C.D.S., Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Aug. 30, 1943. This card was sent "free" from this military base during World War II. Completely ID with the name, rank and regiment of the female soldier who sent...  

Soldiers Monument on The Green, Derby, Connecticut

Used, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 postcard, with black and white illustration of the Civil War soldiers monument with Newberne and Gettysburg on the pedestal and cannons on the ground around the base. C.D.S., Derby, Conn., Jul. 7, 1906, with 1 cent Ben Franklin postage stamp.